The farm as clinic: veterinary expertise and the transformation of dairy farming, 1930-1950

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 462-487

  Woods, Abigail ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cattle breeding; Expertise; Reproductive technologies; Veterinary; War

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; HISTORY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WAR;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 34249299032     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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